This is the Blackwater today @ 07.00 - summer level & excellent clarity.

 The river has fined off well after a number of small floods.

 The website which gave us the gauge heights at 70 & 90km up river
at Kanturk & Millstreet is still not operational due to lack of funding.
We do however have a new source of upriver information from the OPW.
This gives us continuous readings of river height & water temperature
at Killavullen which is right in the middle of our upper beats.

 Rather surprisingly, fishing is slow at the moment.
With the high water in Late April & early May, I would have expected a lot more
grilse & large double-figure May fish to be caught,
but the fish seem to have been put off the take by the very unsettled conditions.
Hopefully, they will be more co-operative as the conditions settle & the weather warms up.

Total for May to date is 20 - 9 on fly, 6 on spinner & 5 on worms.
The total for the season to date is 37.

There is no problem for availability of fishing and accommodation at the moment.